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Q Awards 2016

It may be a little late for this round-up, but I’m afraid that’s the way things go round here these days. The StubHub StubHub Q Awards took place in London on 2nd November, and these were the results. As always, the award names are ridiculously long and corporate and almost all of them were identical, but let’s go with it…

Q Best Act In The World Today, presented by The Cavern Club

Biffy Clyro

Coldplay

Muse

The 1975

U2

Winner: Muse

Q Best Solo Artist presented by Help Musicians UK

James Bay

Noel Gallagher

PJ Harvey

Michael Kiwanuka

Skepta

Winner: James Bay

Q Best Breakthrough Act, presented by Red Stripe

The Amazons

Blossoms

Christine and the Queens

Gallant

Jack Garratt

Lady Leshurr

Let’s Eat Grandma

Nothing But Thieves

Rat Boy

Spring King

Winner: Jack Garratt

Q Best Track, presented by Jack Daniel’s

Bastille – Good Grief

Catfish and the Bottlemen – Twice

Biffy Clyro – Howl

The 1975 – Somebody Else

Skepta – Man

Winner: Bastille

Q Best Album, presented by Absolute Radio

Bastille – Wild World

David Bowie – Blackstar

Christine and the Queens – Chaleur Humaine

Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams

The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It

Winner: The 1975

Q Best Video, presented by Boxplus

Beyoncé – Formation

Coldplay – Up & Up

PJ Harvey – The Community of Hope

The 1975 – A Change of Heart

Wolf Alice – Lisbon

Winner: PJ Harvey

Q Best Live Act presented by StubHub

Coldplay

Muse

Savages

U2

Wolf Alice

Winner: U2

Q Hero, presented by Conker Spirit

Winner: Meat Loaf

Q Classic Songwriter, presented by Pretty Green

Winner: Ray Davies

Q Classic Album

Winner: The Charlatans, for Tellin’ Stories

Q Innovation In Sound

Winner: M.I.A.

Q Gibson Les Paul Award

Winner: The Edge

Q Outstanding Contribution To Music, presented by Buster & Punch

Winner: Blondie

Q Hall Of Fame, presented by StubHub

Winner: Madness

Which just about ends our awards coverage for another couple of months. You can read Q Magazine’s own coverage here.